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THE  LIBRARY 

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THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 


HENRY  RAND  HATFIELD 
MEMORIAL  COLLECTION 

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FRIENDS  IN  THE  ACCOUNTING 

PROFESSION 


California  Society 

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CALIFORNIA  SOCIETY 


Of 


Certified 
Public  Accountants 


Organized   February   16,   1903 


Constitution    and    By-Laws 


1903 


California  Society  of 
Certified  Public  Accountants 

Office,  820  HA  WARD  BUILDING 

San  Francisco,  Cala. 


OFFICERS    1903 

Alfred  G.  Platt,  -  -  -  President 

J.  L.  Fields,    -  Vice-President 

LESTER  Herrick,  -  -       Secretary -Treasurer 

DIRECTORS 

Norman  McLaren  Julian  B.  Harries 

A.  Wenzelburger  W.  R.  Blackman 

W.  G.  Langdon  J.  F.  Foster 

J.  L.  Fields  Alfred  G.  Platt 

Lester  Herrick 


STANDING  COMMITTEES 

ADMISSION 

Norman  McLaren,  Chairman 

A.  Wenzelburger  Julian  B.  Harries 

FINANCE 

A.  Wenzelburger,  Chairman 

W.  G.  Langdon  Norman  McLaren 

AUDITING 

Julian  B.  Harries,  Chairman 

J.  F.  Foster  W.  R.  Blackman 

LEGISLATION 

W.  G.  Langdon,  Chairman 

W.  R.  Blackman  J.  F.  Foster 

Alfred  G.  Platt     J.  L.  Fields      Lester  Herrick 


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CONSTITUTION 


Adopted  February  i6th,  1903 


I.  Name. 

The  name  of  this  Society  shall  be  the  "  Cali- 
fornia Society  of  Certified  Public  Account- 
ants." 

II.  Objects. 

This  Society  is  formed  for  the  purpose  of  ele- 
vating and  maintaining  the  standard  of  pro- 
ficiency, integrity  and  character,  and  promoting 
and  protecting  the  interests  of  Certified  Public 
Accountants ;  cultivating  a  spirit  of  professional 
co-operation  and  social  intercourse  among  its 
members ;  encouraging  a  study  of  accountics, 
and  acquiring  a  reference  library  of  works  on 
accounting  for  the  information  of  its  members 
and  associates. 

III.     Amendments. 

The  Constitution  of  this  Society  shall  be 
amended  or  added  to  only  by  an  affirmative 
three- fourths  vote  of  the  members  present  at  a 


M5I2365 


—  4  — 

regular  meeting.  No  proposition  to  amend  or 
add  to  this  Constitution  shall  be  acted  on,  un- 
less written  notice  has  been  given  at  a  prior 
regular  meeting  of  the  intention  to  amend  or 
add  thereto  at  the  next  regular  meeting.  Such 
notice  shall  be  embodied  in  the  call  for  said  reg- 
ular meeting,  issued  by  the  Secretary  at  least 
five  days  previous  to  the  date  of  holding  such 
regular  meeting. 


BY-LAWS 


I.     Qualifications  for  Membership. 

Any  person  holding  a  certificate  as  a  Certified 
Public  Accountant  in  good  standing  and  resid- 
ing or  practicing  in  the  State  of  California  may 
become  a  member  of  this  Society. 

The  application  of  any  person  desirous  of  be- 
coming a  member  must  be  approved  in  writing 
by  a  majority  of  the  Committee  on  Admissions, 
and  such  person  may  then  be  admitted  by  a 
majority  vote  of  the  Board  of  Directors  at  any 
meeting. 

II.     Officers. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  a  President, 
a  Vice-President,  and  a  Secretary-Treasurer. 
They  shall  be  ex-oflicio  members  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  and  shall  hold  like  offices  in  that 
Board.  They  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Society  in  each  year,  and 
shall  hold  office  for  one  year  thereafter,  and  un- 
til their  successors  are  elected. 

president. 
The  President,  and  in  his  absence  the  Vice- 
President,  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 


—  6  — 

Society  and  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  In  the 
event  of  their  absence  from  any  meetings  of  the 
Society,  or  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  one  of  the 
members  present  shall  be  elected  presiding  officer 
pro  tempore. 

SECRETARY-TREASURER. 

The  Secretary  shall  give  notice  of  all  meetings 
of  the  Society  and  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and 
shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  all  such 
meetings,  and  of  all  other  matters  of  which  a 
record  shall  be  ordered  by  the  Society.  He 
shall  notify  persons  elected  to  membership  of 
their  election,  and  shall  conduct  all  correspond- 
ence relating  to  the  Society.  He  shall  have 
charge  of  the  seal  of  the  Society,  and  perform 
all  duties  usually  pertaining  to  the  office  of  Sec- 
retary, and  shall  keep  a  register  of  the  members, 
which  shall  contain  their  business  addresses. 

The  Secretary-Treasurer  shall  receive  all 
moneys  payable  to  the  Society,  and  shall  have 
charge  of  all  the  funds  and  securities  of  the 
Society,  keeping  regular  accounts  thereof,  sub- 
ject to  the  investigation  of  the  President  and  any 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  shall 
report  in  writing  at  each  regular  meeting  of  the 
Society  and  of  the  Board  of  Directors  the  bal- 
ance of  money  on  hand,  and  any  existing  indebt- 
edness which  may  affect  the  same.     He  shall 


pay  only  such  funds  as  are  authorized  by  the 
Finance  Committee ;  all  payments  to  be  made 
by  checks  signed  by  the  President  and  counter- 
signed by  the  Secretary.  He  shall  deposit  all 
funds  in  such  bank  as  the  Board  of  Directors 
may  select. 

The  accounts  of  the  Secretary- Treasurer  shall 
be  audited  by  the  Auditors,  and  their  report 
shall  be  made  at  the  annual  meeting.  The 
annual  accounts  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
Auditors  ten  days  before  each  annual  meet- 
ing, whose  report  thereon  shall  be  filed  with  the 
Board  of  Directors,  five  days  at  least  before  the 
date  of  the  meeting. 

III.     Board  of  Directors. 

There  shall  be  a  Board  of  Directors  to  consist 
of  nine  members,  a  majority  of  whom  must 
reside,  or  maintain  an  office  within  ten  miles  of 
San  Francisco,  where  the  office  of  the  Society 
shall  be  located  and  maintained  ;  six  members 
to  be  elected  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Society, 
together  with  the  President,  Vice-President,  and 
Secretary-Treasurer,  two  of  whom  shall  hold 
office  for  one  year,  two  for  two  years,  and  two 
for  three  years,  and  until  their  successors  are 
chosen,  and  thereafter  two  shall  be  elected  each 
year  for  a  term  of  three  years.  They  shall  have 
general  charge,  management  and  control  of  the 


affairs,  funds  and  property  of  the  Society,  and 
shall  control  all  expenditures.  They  shall  have 
full  power,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  carry 
out  the  purposes  of  the  Society  according  to  law 
and  as  provided  in  these  By-Laws. 

The  Board  shall  keep  a  record  of  its  proceed- 
ings, and  submit  at  each  annual  meeting  a  gen- 
eral report  of  the  affairs  of  the  Society  in  writ- 
ing, and  shall  report  at  other  times,  if  required. 

The  Board  shall  meet  once  a  month,  except 
during  the  months  of  June,  July  and  August. 
Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  order  of  the 
President,  or  of  three   members   of  the  Board. 

Five  of  the  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
of  the  Board. 

An  absence  on  the  part  of  any  member  of  the 
Board  from  three  consecutive  regular  meetings 
thereof,  shall  be  deemed  a  tender  of  his  resigna- 
tion of  office,  unless  a  satisfactory  explanation 
shall  be  given. 

The  Board  of  Directors  shall  have  power  to 
fill  all  vacancies  which  may  occur  among  the 
officers  or  directors. 

The  Board  shall  adopt  a  seal,  and  may  alter 
the  same  at  its  discretion. 

In  respect  to  all  questions  of  construction  of 
these  By-Laws,  the  decision  of  the  Board  shall 
control  and  be  finally  binding. 


—  9  — 

The  order  of  business  at  the  meeting  of  the 
Board  shall  be  : 

1.  Koll  call. 

2.  Reading  of  Minutes  of  last  meeting. 

3.  Report  of  officers. 

4.  Report  of  standing  committees. 

5.  Report  of  special  committees. 

6.  Unfinished  business  laid  over  from  pre- 
vious meetings. 

7.  Reading  of  communications  and  motions 
relative  thereto. 

8.  Nomination  of  officers  and  election  of 
members. 

9.  General  Business. 

IV.     Committees. 

There  shall  be  the  following  standing  com- 
mittees: 

1.  A  Committee  on  Admission,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  inquire  into  the  eligibility  of  all 
candidates  for  membership,  and  to  report  to  the 
Board  of  Directors  thereon.  No  person  shall  be 
reported  except  by  a  majority  of  said  committee. 

2.  A  Finance  Committee,  with  such  duties 
and  powers  as  the  Board  of  Directors  may 
prescribe. 

3.  A  Committee  on  Auditing,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer 
annually,  and  report  to  the  Board  of  Directors 


—  10  — 

five  days  at  least  before  the  date  of  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Society. 

4.  A  Committee  on  Legislation,  who  shall  be 
charged  with  the  duty  of  keeping  themselves  in- 
formed on  all  proposed  legislation  affecting  the 
interests  of  the  Certified  Public  Accountants  of 
this  State,  and  of  proposing  such  amendments, 
or  such  new  measures  as,  in  their  opinion, 
should  be  recommended  by  this  Society.  The 
President,  Vice-President  and  Secretary  shall  be 
ex-officio  members  of  this  committee. 

Each  of  the  Committees  shall  consist  of  three 
members,  except  the  Committee  on  Legislation, 
which  shall  consist  of  six  members,  including 
the  President,  Vice-President  and  Secretary. 
These  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
President,  and  shall  continue  in  office  until  the 
annual  meeting  next  after  their  appointment,  and 
he  shall  have  power  to  fill  vacancies. 

A  majority  of  each  committee  shall  constitute 
a  quorum. 

All  committees  shall  have  power  to  fix  their 
own  time  and  place  of  meeting,  and  adopt  reg- 
ulations for  their  own  government  and  course  of 
proceeding,  not  inconsistent  with  the  By-Laws 
and  subject  to  revision  by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Any  standing  committee  may,  by  rule,  pro- 
vide that  three  successive  absences  from  the 
meetings  of  the  committee,  unexcused,  shall  be 


—  11  — 

deemed  a  resignation  by  the  member  so  absent, 
of  his  place  upon  the  committee. 

All  committees  shall  be  subject  to  the  call  of 
their  respective  Chairman. 

V.     Meetings  of  the  Society. 

There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  So- 
ciety held  on  the  third  Monday  of  February. 
There  shall  be  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Society 
held  on  the  third  Monday  of  the  months  of  Feb- 
ruary, May,  September  and  December  in  each 
year,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  President 
to  any  other  day  during  the  said  month,  of  which 
due  notice  shall  be  given  to  the  members. 

The  annual  meeting  shall  be  a  regular 
meeting. 

At  these  stated  meetings,  and  at  any  regular 
adjournment  thereof,  all  the  powers  of  the  So- 
ciety may  be  exercised. 

Special  meetings  may  be  called  at  any  time  by 
the  President  at  his  own  discretion,  and  shall  be 
called  b}'  the  Secretary  upon  the  written  request 
of  seven  members.  At  such  special  meeting  no 
business  shall  be  transacted,  except  such  as  shall 
be  specified  in  the  call. 

At  any  meeting  of  the  Society  the  presence  of 
nine  members  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a 
quorum.     If  no  quorum  be  present  within  thirty 


—  12  — 

minutes  after  the  time  appointed  for  a  meeting, 
such  meeting  shall  be  considered  adjourned. 

The  place  and  hour  of  all  meetings  shall  be 
designated  by  the  President. 

VI.     Order  of  Business. 

The  order  of  business  at  a  regular  meeting 
shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  Kollcall. 

2.  Reading  of  Minutes  of  last  meeting. 

3.  Report  of  officers. 

4.  Report  of  standing  committees. 

5.  Report  of  special  committees. 

6.  Unfinished  business  laid  over  from  pre- 
vious meeting. 

7.  Reading  of  communications  and  motions 
relative  thereto. 

8.  General  business. 

The  order  of  business  at  the  annual  meeting 
shall  be  the  same  as  at  regular  meetings,  with 
the  exception  that,  after  reading  of  communica- 
tions and  motions  thereto,  the  meeting  shall  pro- 
ceed to  the  election  of  officers  and  members  of 
the  Board  of  Directors. 

This  order  of  business  may  be  changed  by  a 
vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  present. 

M  Roberts'  Rules  of  Order  "  shall  govern  all 
meetings  of  this  Society. 


—  13  — 

VII.  Inspectors  of  Election  and  their  Duties. 
Declaration  of  Election. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  the  President,  or  officer 
presiding,  shall  appoint  three  inspectors,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  open  the  polls,  keep  them  open 
for  such  a  length  of  time  as  may  be  designated 
by  the  meeting,  receive  and  count  the  ballots,  and 
immediately  thereafter  report  to  the  President  or 
officer  presiding,  the  number  of  votes  cast  and 
for  whom.  The  candidates  receiving  the  highest 
number  of  votes  for  the  respective  offices  shall 
then  be  declared  elected  by  the  President,  or 
officer  presiding,  provided:  that  members  resid- 
ing more  than  twenty  miles  from  San  Francisco, 
shall  have  the  right  to  vote  for  officers  and  di- 
rectors by  enclosing  their  ballot  in  a  blank  sealed 
envelope,  and  transmitting  same  in  a  letter  to  the 
President,  who  shall  deliver  all  such  envelopes  to 
the  inspectors  to  be  deposited  in  the  ballot  box, 
and  opened  and  counted  by  them  in  common 
with  ballots  cast  in  person. 

VIII.     Admission  Fees — Annual  D$g_ 

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The  annual  dues  shall  be  $|0,  payable  semi- 
annually in  advance,  on  the  first  day  of  Febru- 
ary and  August. 


—  14  — 

The  fiscal  year  of  the  Society  shall  begin  on 
the  first  day  of  February. 

IX.     Assessments. 

The  Society  may,  by  a  majority  vote  of  all 
members,  at  any  regular  meeting,  assess  the 
members  of  the  Society  in  a  sum  not  to  exceed 
$10  in  any  one  year. 

X.    Forfeiture  of  Membership. 

If  a  member  shall  neglect  to  pay  his  dues, 
assessments,  or  other  indebtedness  to  the  Society, 
for  a  period  of  two  months,  he  shall  be  subject 
to  the  forfeiture  of  his  membership  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Board  of  Directors  without  notice. 
If  a  member  be  deprived  of  his  certificate  by  the 
State  Board  of  Accountancy  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia; or  shall  fail  to  renew  the  same  as  re- 
quired by  law,  he  shall  thereupon  cease  to  be  a 
member  of  this  Society. 

XL  Reinstatement. 
When  the  Board  of  Directors,  in  the  exercise 
of  such  discretion,  shall  have  subjected  any  per- 
son to  the  forfeiture  of  his  membership,  written 
notice  shall  immediately  be  given  such  person, 
and  he  may  be  reinstated  as  a  member,  upon  his 
written  request,  within  three  months  thereafter 
by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  Board  at  any  meet- 
ing thereof,  provided  all  arrears  are  paid. 


California  Society  of  Certified 
Public  Accountants 


MEMBERS: 

Certified  Public  Accountants. 

San   Francisco. 

Fields,  J.  L,.,  515  Clunie  Bldg. 
Foster,  J.  F.,  412  Clunie  Bldg. 
Goode,  Percy  G.,  530  California  St. 
Harries,  Julian  B.,  22  Fair  Bldg. 
Hassell,  J.  J.,  10th  floor,  Mills  Bldg. 
Herrick,  Lester,  819-820  Hayward  Bldg. 
Knight,   Allen,   530    California   St. 
Langdon,  W.  G.,  907  Hayward  Bldg. 
McLaren,  Norman,  530   California  St. 
Piatt,   A.   G.,   503   California   St. 
Ruckstell,  J.  R.,  10th  floor,  Mills  Bldg. 
Wenzelburger,  A.,  33-34  Alliance  Bldg. 
Williams,  Cyril,   1015   Scott  St. 

Los  Angeles. 

Blackman,  W.  R.,  106  Henne  Bldg. 
Bostwick,  E.  E.,  214  Frost  Bldg. 
Spencer,   E.    H.,   Highland    Park. 

Oakland. 
Daugherty,  Wm.   B.,   525   Thirteenth   St. 

Certified  Associate  Accountants. 

San  Francisco. 

Atkinson,    T.   T.,    419    California   St. 
de  Clairmont,  Ralph,  125  OFarrell  St. 
Henn,  W.  O.,  645  Market  St. 
MacKenzie,  Colin,  530  California  St. 
Willis,  F.  H.,  22   California  St. 

Fresno. 
Rahill,  J.  J.,  P.  O.  Box  53. 


From  DAILY  COMMERCIAL  JVtfW'S 
San  Francisco,  March  /6th,  1Q04. 

THE  "  C.  P.  A."  LAWS. 


What  They  Are  And  What  They  Mean. 

It  may  not  be  within  the  knowledge 
of  the  public  generally  that  laws  have 
been  passed  in  California,  as  well  as  in 
New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Il- 
linois and  Washington,  authorizing  and 
creating  a  State  Board  of  Accountancy, 
or  its  equivalent,  for  the  examination 
of  citizens  desiring  to  practice  as  pub- 
lic accountants,  but  such  is  the  fact, 
and  in  this  State  such  a  law  was  passed 
by  the  legislature  of  1901,  and  a  State 
Board  of  Accountancy,  consisting  of  five 
qualified  public  accountants,  appointed 
thereunder. 

Under  these  laws,  those  persons  of 
satisfactory  age  and  experience  who 
successfully  pass  the  qualifying  exam- 
inations in  the  four  principal  branches 
of  technical  knowledge,  viz.:  Theory  of 
Accounts,  Practical  Accounting,  Audit- 
ing and  Commercial  Law,  are  granted 
the  Degree  of  "C.  P.  A."  and  each  may 
thereafter  style  himself  as  a  "Certified 
Public    Accountant." 

In  this  privilege,  the  lawful  holders 
of  these  "C.  P.  A."  certificates  are  pro- 
tected by  punitive  clauses  in  the  laws 
of  the  several  States,  and  it  is  a  mis- 
demeanor punishable  with  a  fine,  vary- 
ing from  $100  to  $500,  for  any  person 
not  legally  authorized  so  to  do,  to  rep- 
resent himself  to  be  a  "Certified  Public 
Accountant." 

The  objects  sought  to  be  attained  by 
the  passage  of  these  laws  are:  First — 
The  protection  that  is  afforded  to  the 
public,  as  it  enables  a  discrimination  to 
be  made  as  between  those  who  are 
known  to  be  competent  and  those  who 
may  not  be  so  known,  or  are  too  lethar- 
gic to  qualify  under  the  provisions  of 
the  laws  and  the  rules  established  for 
conducting  the  examinations;  second, 
the  stimulus  that  will  be  given  to  the 
study  of  accounts,  accounting  and  ac- 
counting methods  because  of  the  exam- 
inations that  must  hereafter  be  success- 
fully passed  in  order  to  entitle  the  ap- 
plicant to  the  benefits  of  the  Degree  of 


"C.  P.  A.";  third,  the  gradual  introduc- 
tion of  a  more  uniform  and  perfect  sys- 
tem of  accounting  and  auditing,  as  the 
natural  result  of  a  standard  of  qualifi- 
cation, followed  by  mutual  association 
and  interchange  of  ideas;  and  fourth, 
the  legal  recognition  that  the  practice 
of  accountancy  is  a  profession;  all  of 
which  must,  sooner  or  later,  become 
fully  appreciated  by  the  mercantile 
community,  and  especially  by  those  who 
desire  uniformity  and  accuracy  in  all 
matters  pertaining  to  accounting  and 
auditing,  and  a  thoroughness  in  inves- 
tigations necessary  to  establish  the 
safety  of  proposed  investments  or  the 
ability  of  corporations  to  meet  the  lia- 
bilities incurred  under  the  creation  of 
a  proposed  bonded  indebtedness. 

So  popular  has  the  movement  become 
throughout  the  Eastern  States  that  in 
no  less  than  six  other  States  it  is  ex- 
pected that  similar  laws  will  be  passed 
at  the  coming  sessions  of  the  legisla- 
tures of  those  States.  Many  who  were 
at  first  skeptical  as  to  the  advisability 
of  legislation  of  this  nature  are  now  en- 
thusiastic in  its  behalf.  The  eastern 
business  world  seems  to  have  "caught 
on"  to  the  benefits  resulting  from  the 
movement  in  those  States  where  the 
earliest  legislation  was  had,  and  he 
who  is  unable  to  sign  himself  a  "C.  P. 
A."  has  smaller  chances  in  the  compe- 
tition for  the  cream  of  the  accounting 
business  than  formerly  fell  to  his  lot. 

With  the  advent  of  a  better  under- 
standing of  the  reasons  for  the  passage 
of  these  laws,  and  of  the  benefits  ac- 
cruing to  the  mercantile  community, 
because  of  a  known  standard  of  quali- 
fication, there  is  no  good  reason  why 
the  same  support  should  not  be  extend- 
ed to  the  Pacific  Coast  holders  of  the 
Degree  of  "C.  P.  A.",  as  is  accorded  the 
possessors  of  that  Degree  in  the  east- 
ern States. 


—  15  — 

XII.     Resignations. 

Resignations  of  membership  shall  be  made  to 
the  Secretary  in  writing.  No  resignation  shall 
be  accepted  unless  all  the  arrears  of  dues  owing 
by  the  member  resigning  shall  be  paid. 

XITI.     Expulsion. 

Any  member  of  the  Society  may  be  suspended 
or  expelled  for  cause,  by  a  vote  of  seven  members  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  after  a  hearing  thereon;  one 
month's  previous  notice  in  writing  having  been 
given  to  the  member,  with  a  copy  of  the  charges 
preferred  against  him. 

XIV.     Associate  Members. 

Any  person  holding  a  certificate  of  qualifica- 
tion as  a "  Certified  Associate  Accountant  "  ^^a. 
ac  a  "  Certified  Municipal  AixuunLaiiL,"  issued  t£u*l<J 
by  the  State  Board  of  Accountancy,  may  become 
an  "Associate  Member "  of  this  Society,  upon 
application  and  election  in  the  manner  provided 
for  the  election  of  members.  Such  Associate 
Members  shall  pay  the  same  fees  for  admission, 
and  one-half  the  annual  dues  and  assessments 
prescribed  for  members  ;  they  shall  be  subject  to 
the  same  rules,  as  governing  the  continuance, 
forfeiture  or  reinstatement  of  such  associate 
membership,  as  are  or  may  be  provided  for  the 
government  of  members  ;  they  shall  be  entitled 


—  16  — 

to  attend  any  and  all  meetings  of  the  Society 
and  speak  to  any  question,  they  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote,  but  shall  not  be  eligible  as  officers  or 
directors. 

XV.  Honorary  Membership. 
The  Society,  by  unanimous  vote  of  the  mem- 
bers present  at  any  regular  or  special  meeting, 
on  nomination  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  may 
confer  honorary  membership  on  any  person  or 
persons  who,  by  their  standing  and  celebrity  in 
the  community  at  large,  may  be  considered  en- 
titled to  receive  such  an  honor.  Such  Honorary 
Members  may  attend  any  meeting  of  the  Society 
and  speak  to  any  question,  but  shall  not  be  ac- 
corded the  right  to  vote  or  hold  office. 

XVI.  Amendments. 
The  By-Laws  of  this  Society  shall  be  repealed, 
amended  or  added  to  only  by  an  affirmative 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at  a  reg- 
ular meeting.  No  proposition  to  repeal,  amend, 
or  add  to  these  By-Laws  shall  be  acted  on,  unless 
written  notice  has  been  given  at  a  prior  regular 
meeting  of  the  intention  to  repeal,  amend  or  add 
thereto  at  the  next  regular  meeting.  Such  no- 
tice shall  be  embodied  in  the  call  for  said  reg- 
ular meeting  issued  by  the  Secretary  at  least  five 
days  previous  to  the  date  of  holding  such  regular 
meeting. 


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